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BjujjtF SXXV.^No. 15.
econd number
IBlYCEUM course
november 21st
Hb| Edn* MetM to Gi?e Readings
?Reservation* may be Mad*
B at Davidson's Star*
I The second number of the fall and
Hpjgter Lyceum Course, which has
un arranged for the people of
Harphy will be friven Wednesday
Bfefat. November 21st, at the school
ijKorium.
Miss Edna Means, one of the best
readers on the American
Wtugt pves this number. Miss Means
Bunds at the very fore of American
Bfetform reader?. Her sincercity of
^Cppoec mikts her programs throb
with life nd touch and live in huHpan
heart|
All wh>- have heard her are en
tkuiastu- about ner wonocnui pow
m of impersonation.
The Oakley Concert Company
shich gave the first number of this
wries la-' month. recommended Mis?
Mean? most highly. "In the North."
laid Mr. Oakley, "Miss Means always
gtrsct. a capacity house and she is
nry much sought dftcr. She comMnds
a hundred dollars a night lor
her services," continued Mr. Oakley.
It was the opinion of these artists
that Murphy people wore indeed tortoaaU
in being able to bring Miss
Means here. Those who hedrd Mrs.
Oakley's readings la-t month got a
foreta?te of what they may expect
from Mi-- Means.
"The audience wept and laughed
is quick transition, for it \vas under
an art;st art," says a Kansas daily
paper in commenting on one of Miss
.Mffin*' pi ..grams in that State. The
Dcsinoi-c tlowa) Daily Register
a?jr* "Mis.- Means has a wonderful
wice. a charming personality, and
an unusual mastery 0/ her voice."
She achieves a en.-at to rial success
is every appearance and it is expect,
id that hi r appearance in Murphy will
draw a capacity house.
Htldcr> of season tickets may se?
rere re rvations nt Mr. J. W. Dalirbon
- Store. Individual tickets
will also he 0n sale there so that thosa
who till to secure choic? seats may
procure their tickets ahead of tunc
and rnak' their reservations.
Highway Commission
Put Binder on Macadam
A ei' w of men undo.- the direction
of M: i ingmin have been here 'luring
thi- last ten days putting a surface
treatment on tht. waterbound
Mead irn road to the Georgia slate
line.
A binder of tar and a coat of finely
crushed gravel is being placed over
the cleanly swept macadam eur-j
lace seal it, thereby preventing
'P*t*r from passing down through il
and also preventing dust. The second
three miles cut from Murphy are
bring treated now. The first three
were treated in mid summer
The acadam is being placed on
the fa- end of jhe road and contractor!
ai ? of the opinion that it can be
$&nhcd by the first of tin- year if
the pntty weather continues through
Kovemi . i and Decemb* r.
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New Sickness
Keeps Church
Members Home
A new sickmst has appeared rew?Wly
and is known as Morbus Sabkaticus,
cr S nday Sickness. It is I
Na diseaso pecolic^ to church mem^
Tho atteck comes suddenly i
Wry Suniinv No ???<? mmm I
SthirAiy nigkt. TTie patient [
11 * *!>* well, ai\d er-'i kaarty brfik-!
kut akye l church-' time tko at-!
lltftek pontes continues until!
IJ?r??c?i are ?wd in the moraine.
II Tk? patient feels easy *f>d eat#
If* food dinner. . -1n (k? afternoon 1m
IP*1- ???ti better and is akle toj
* walk, t'flk politics and read
|p* Sunday pj'?*rs. He ants sapKflptr,
and ako^t ckwrch time Im kas
fltf0t*^r end stays at konis.
IlHtj retires early, sleeps waB and
np an Monday morning reIffmsked
and akle ter-to work, and j
|I**? eo| ksira any symptoms of tke1
j|^e nntil tke foMowinp Sunday*,
tCfje
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Local Jobbers Receive
Car Load Orange.*
Thfc W. M. Fain Grocery Company
i local wholesaler^ and grocery job'
her*, received their first carload of \
Florida oranges one day this week, I
; are placing them among the retail
trade in this section.
This company specializes in fruit
thi* season of the year for the "holi-.
day trade and bring in car lots for j
I the local dealers, thus saving them
considerable in local freights, if they
hd to buy out of town. They ex-'
pect that this will be their biggest j
! year is the ?>' fr??h fruit*
1
HE OUT-LAND1SHES LAND15
IN SIZE OF COURT FINES
New York, Nov. 12.?SomL. years;
ago Judge K. M. La'idi? became fair.- (
us by fining the Standard Oil Company
$2y.ooo,ouu.
M4gistrate Oborwager. of the EsH'X
market court, saw his paltry
' $2!*.000.00?* and raised him several
billion s Monday, thereby achieving i
,i new record for this event.
S;tm Millc^ ws? before the court
chntgcd with peddling without a li,
. t n. e.
"What were you peddling?** the
judge demanded.
"German marks; 100,000 for a
ent," snid Miller.
"I fine you 10 billions,** said the
court. ]
Miller gave the iletk u %'2 bill.
Elliott Building
Four New Houses
Mr. 11. B. Elliott has just complet- '
ed the first new house on his lots ac- 1
quired from the HattU-SinelgirBiiurne
property across the H in was* '
>ee River and is making arrangements
for the construction of three
more houses on the tame street. | ^
These housis ate to the left of tjie
L & N. "Y" and are on the South
side of Hill Street, which begins op- 1
positc the Hiawassee River bridge:?nd
runs across thif Battle-SinclulrHourne
property t?? mar old Murph>.
Mr. \V. M. Kain has just completed
tu-ii K..IIC.. - on h Into in tHi? si'rt nn.
and is planning two Additional ones.
THE TUBERCULOSIS
CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE
I.af t year th;re was raised from ,
the sale of seals in the United States
$3,842,500. In North Carolina the I
sum of $45,093.51 was realized.
Something like ST.U0l.82 of this
money was spent by the State and
Nj/.ionnl Tuberculosis Ablations
| ft r the cost of Seal Sale and Edu'
?&tional campaign, leaving a total of
j $35,488.69 for this work in North '
, Carolina. ?Of this amount $21,156.98 j
; was retained by the local chairman ^
' i for tuberculosis work in thcir towns
i ::nd communities. Murphy raised a '
i i total of $35.15 of which $26.36 was
retained for use in our town.
Murphy ha< a population of some '
2,00 people. Should our people
j purchase seals to the amount of 10 '
I cents eat h the aftvuint this year'
i would be $200.00. Since seventy- j '
i five percent of this money is retain-;'
j id and spent here in our town our.'
i! local committoi. of which Mr. B. W. 1
I Sip? is chairman, would have $150 '
j; to invest in good health for our community
treatment, and prevention of '
II tuberculosis; employment of ;1 nurse
for as-isting and nursing tuberculc- '
I; is sick; payment in whole or par:
lor maintenance of patients from our '
| town in hospitals or sanatoria; mod- 1
ical aid or material aid for families
| in which thehe s case of tuherculo-.
sis which cannot be plact d in a hosjjpital;
payment of cost of supplies
for Modern Health Crusade Work and.
' Xutritution crusade. Thus teaching
j] the school children health conditions
in me commumiy.
Ov? r one billion seals ffre beinjr 1
j placed on sale in the United States
j this year. Fifteen nvllion are t<> be, t
offered for sale in North - Carolina
The little se^Js will sell for one cent
c?ch. '
Mr. F. W. Sine is asking: through
| the columns of the paper urgently
requesting: the citizens of our town
to buy liberally of these seals, and ?
; thus- help to prevent and eomhut tn- .
horrMiosis. The seals will be placed 1
on sale from Thanksgiving1 Day until
Chrinmast 1
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Cfjero
jkee Cuunly, and the L
MURPHY", NORTH CAROL
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Proclamation
By The Mayor: j
Whereai, the accumulation of
trash, tin cans and other derbis ,
in public places and on prince lot i
in the town > rery unsightly and | '
if allowed to remain unmoved too I 1
ong, become a detriment to the I 1
health of the community, and '
Whereas, the town maintains a|
S:?oitary Departmemt to clean the
n L'.Sl 1 r * I PMl a anJ alia*, a?J Lain
individual* keep their premiut free I 1
| from waste material.
Now, therefore, I, W. M. Fain, j'
! Mayor of the Town of Murphy, in
; order to promote clc^nlfriess and , 1
the public health, do hereby pro*
i claim Tuesday and Wednesday,j
November 20th and 21st, as Cleanup
Day in the Town of Murphy,
! *>*sd hereby call upon adl citizens to
j co-operate with the sanitary department
b)| gathering fogether all ;
trash and other derbis and piling'
< same on th? side of a street or a!ley
on Qr before the above mentioned
dates, so that the ague may be |
removed by the sanitary force.
In witness'whereof 1 have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the
officifi! seal of the Town of Murphy,
this the 15th day of November.
1923.
W. M. FAIN Mayor.
B. & L. Association
Organization Complete
On last Friday and Saturday the;
irganization of the Murphy Build
ng and Loan Association was com- j
plcttil and the ptiyment of install-,
mcntx on shares was begun by members.
The first series will be held;
open for a week tonger and anyone
iv ho has not yet subscribed to stock'
may dQ so within that time.
It is desrird that as many shares
i>e subscribed for as possible so that
the work of building homes may be
pushed along as rapidly as possible
it they are in great demand in Mur- j
phy.
I'rij-urations are now being made
for starting the first home under this
new association.
The Puilding and I.oan Association j
serves a double purpose. It gives,
those a chance to build a home who
are not able to save enough from;
their earnings tQ buy one, and it afford:
a means of saving and gives,
eveiy citizen a chance tQ help ad-!
vance the welfare of his community.,
BIG HYDRO-ELECTRIC
DEVELOPMENT ON HIAWASSEE
Application has been made by the ;
Southern Appalachian Power Co., of j
A: heville, N. C.. to the Federal
Power Commission. Washington, D.;
C., for authority to develop a big;
hydro-elcctric powert project on the
Hiawas-ee River near Murphy, N.
C. The development will involve the
ronstruction of a dam 170 feet high
for the production of approximately i
50,000 horse power. In connection1
with the enterprise. Mr. Merrill, of
the Federal Power Commission,
wires the Manufacturers Record:
"Southern Appalachian Power Co.
applacation cover dam 170 feet h5v?h
*b< ut one mile above Murphy, N. C., j
rrcVlng Zit* rvoir trxivnaing approx- I
mately eleven miles up stream to a|
>oint between mouths of Sweetwater'
ind Fires Creek:-; approximate ca-'
"acity 50.000 hors? nower install', d." i
Officers of the Southern Appalachian
Power Co. include W. PC.
[iairett, pres'dent: \V. H. Woodbutn!
iice president, and Fred I.. Sale, sec-!
etary and treasurer, all of Asheville j
?Manufacturers Record.
Presbyterian Church
Rev. E. G. CLARY. Pastor j
Sunday School at 10 o'clock. John |
Dillard, Superintendent.
Preachinp Services at 11:00 a. m.
and 0:45 p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday tven-j
njr at 7:00 o'clock.
Evety one cordially invited.
NAveriber 18th, the subject for '
. CI f ,
np Baptism."
Evening service, subject: **The|
Mature of Sin." j
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eaciing Newspaper in t
IN A FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16. li*'2
NOV. 20 AND 21
ARE DESIGNA FED
CLEAN UP DAYS
By proclamation the Mdy?r has 1
set aside Tuesday and Wednesday
November 20th and 21st as fall
lean-up days and all residents are . J
asked to co-operate with the Sanitary
Department in removing al!
waste and derbi from the streets,
vacant lots and around the hornet.'
Arrangement; have tH.en made for
the city truck t?, visit every residential
section and gather up all ma-, .
terial.
Residents arc s>;:rd to have their:
old waste material place d near the
streets so that it can he easily load- J (
ed onto *he truck when it arrives.
Anyone having an mutually large
amount of material to be hauled off i
may pile it at sorae point on their
property convienent for the truck to,
reach and notify the chairman of the
Sanitary Committee, Mr. V?". D.
Townaon, or any member of the tow:-,
counciy o rthe Mayor and th?? truck
will go onto such person's property'
to logd -ueh material. As a general i
rule, however, ail waste material
should be raked un and piled near a j
street sD that it can be loaded onto
thc truck without drivir r out of the
street.
In the past it has been customary
to hold only one clean-up campaign
during the year. In this way it will
not take so long to do the cleaning
and it will not be necessary for tin
cans and similar waste material to |
be h.ft exposed throughout the rainy;
winter si ason.
The full co-operation of every clt-!
izen in Murphy is asked by the Sanitary
Department so that thii campaign
may be a success.
MORS HUNDRED POUND RAILS
BOUGHT BY THE SOUTHERN
ATLANTA. Ga.. Nov. 14 ?Fifty
thousand tons of new* steel rails,
enough to lay 327 miles of trjck,
nu>i- juau u?cn purrnaM'u l>> mc
Southern Railwny System for deliv-1
ery during the first six months of
1924. Included in the purchase arc
42,200 tons, or 200 miles, of one'
hundred pound rails, which is now
the standard for the Southern's main
lines, and 7,800 tons, or 58 miles,
of eighty-five pound rail.
In the line with the Southern's,
policy to purchase materiels in the
South to the greatest extent possible
40,700 tons were purchased from
the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail-',
road Company and will be rolled at [
Ensley, Ala. For use on the lino'
in Northern Virginity; 7,200 tons1
were purchased from the Bethlehem
Steel Company and will be rolled at
Spariows Point, Md. For use on
the I^iuisville-St. Louis line, 2,100
tons were purchased from the Illinois
Steel company and will be rolled in
the Chicago district.
The hundred pound steel will all
be laid on double track lines, releasing
and equal mileage of eighty-five
pound rail for use 0n line? now
equipped with rail of lighter section.
AGED CULBERSON LADY
DIED NOVEMBER 8TH
Mrs. J. M. Collins of Culbt ru.n,
died Thursday, November Sth at i'\ -
ripe old agP of 72 years, after an i '
ness of two week?. Her remains
were laid to rc^~ in the family burying
ground in the old Friendship
cemetery near Culberson on Saturday.
Nevember 10th.
Mrs. Collin^ was born in Georgia.
oy> the headwaters of Hothouse Creek
Mear Bluff, but moved acrc&s the j
state line into North Carolina about
fifty years ago.. She united with !
the Baptist Church in her early girl- j
hood and remained a faithful mem- j
ber until her death. Her husband :
l
preceded htr to the grave by about (
22 years. Besides her husband,two
daughtrs and a ??on hav predd hr to ;
th grav. Sh is survivd by four sons,
M. M. of Copprhill. Dr. J. R. of,
Nowata. Okla., I-. B. and A. M. of
Culbrson. Th following brothrs
Harper. Cutce.n.e, Ga.; Bud Hafpcr,
Mineral Bluff. Ga.: Mary Harper,
Ktowah. Tcnn.; Mrs. W Gilliam
Blue Ridge. Ga.; Mrs. John Gal
way. Copperhill. optd Mrs. Man.is
Stepp. of Chestnut Gap. Ga.
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his Section of Western
:::
Armistice Day Is <
Observed In Murphy
The fifty Anniversary of the siprnp
of the Armistice with Germany i ,
ivai observed Monday. November!
I2th. The hanks and postoffice were
dosed. The flap flew over the lTprary
buildinp mjd the Chapel ex-'
xcises at the school were devoted ^
to the -inpinsr of patriotic hymns and (
?n appropriate talk on loyalty and ^
patriotism by Superintendent Kanoy.
Honor Roll Of
Murphy Graded School j
The roll Qf h >nor of the Murphy.
Graded School for the second month ; 1
is a list of those pupils wh0 have
grades of ninety or more in every
subject, including conduct.
First Grade: Harley Barton,!'
Sht?ida*> James, Charles Hyatt, |
Floisd Harnett. Mary Catherine
Hensley. Norm Ix?e Panther, Grace f
Parker, Clara Noll Robinson.
First B Grade: Tom Posey and.
John Bishop.
Second Grade: Margie Campbell,'
Ora Carroll, Hattie Belle Hodge, Jer- !
ry Davidson.
Second Overflow: Mildred Fry.;
and Robert Weaver.
Third Overflow: Linnic Hampton!
and Astor Tilson. f
Third Grade) Hadley Williamson,
Tommie Coppenger and Marcclla
Hampton.
Fiftjj Grade: Martha Moeser and |
Harry Sword.
Seventh Gn4de: Klizabeth dtancval,
Winona Barton, and Geneva '
Lovingood.
Cherokee Co. Logging
Engines Are Wrecked
Two of the cngince of the Chero- '
kee Company, while engaged in logging
on the head of P>avis Creek
last week, got out from under the
control of thj engine crew and ran i
down a steep incline, jumping the
tmrkv and A .... ?U.. ?
n l'"- mvuiitain.
The engines were badly dan;aged
and it Is thought that one of
them will beyond economical rc-!
pair. The engineer and firemen
jumped from the engines just before
the plunge and no one was seriously I
hurt.
GOVERNOR MORRISON OND
DAUGHTER ARE FIRST TO
ANSWER ANNUAL ROLL CALL
Governor Cameron Morrison and
his little daughter, Angvlia. were the
first two people in North Carolina |
to answer the Annual Roll C.il of
the American Red Cross. Checks to
cover their memberships for the year.
1923-24 were received by the Raleigh
Chapter four days before the j
membership campaign opened Sunday,
November 11.
"The Red Cross ought to be nour- j
ished atid sustained and kept strong i
to meet distaster and emergency j
when it comes,"' Governor Morri-on i
stated in a lettt r accompanying the'
check. "It i8 the greatest organiz-'
ation in all the world's history for ;
be relief of those plunged into sud- I
. : disaster and suffering. I hope!
." o: h Carolina w;!! be gen; rou. in j
cont. ibrting t.? ii: support."
A rr ud ri" ."?1.1 :>t) rv 'hers \c et :
for the annual member: ' -) r n gn i
in this State which will be held began
Armistice Day. November 12..
afcd will last through Thanksgiving.
The 126 Red Cross chapters in North
Carolina will conduct local campaigns
in as many communities thruout
the State between these dates.
"We ^re expecting thr biggest re- !
-ponse to this year's roll call that the
organization has had since the turbulent
days of the war/' Joseph C.
Logan, manager of the Southern D;- |
vision, stated today, "and thia will
mean an inci-ease in the organize-J,
tion's ablity to serve those who suffer."
Money r&'sed through member- i
ships is used foA carrying on local ||
activities in communtea. such as
Pubic Health Nursing, assisting ex-,
solders, conducting classes in First !j
Aid and Life Savng. Home Hygiene1;
ard Care of the Sick, and Nutrition. j
Fifty cents of every membershp re- j
I *? ? ? ? ?
ters t<> carry on activities which it
would be impracticable for the local
chapter to undertake.
ADVERTISE IN |
!; "IT WILL MAKE ?
!; V O O R I C H ' " ?
North Carolina
*1.;: A YEAK IN ADVANCE
GASOLINE PRICES
DROP TO LEVEL
OF KEROSENE
Wholesale Price FaK? Due t0 Price
War and Heavy Overproduction
With the decline this week :n the
vholesale price to the producing
Company u now the same as that
for kerosen, a phenomena never before
??*DOrion?'t?d i? th?. hiotnrw A#
zi\s production. On the North Carolina
market gasoline is quoted by
ihe dkifriKntA* three Ccvto ul|(brr
:han kerosene, on account of the
road tax, but in states where there
no tax on pas, the price is the ?am? |
as that of kerosene.
This lo wlevel of gasoline is some*
thing quite unusual and the fact Is
claiming front page space in the
leading newspapers of the country.
Press dispatches out of New York
attribute the drop in price to the
gasoline war now on among the pro*
ducing companies. This war started
several months ago in the West
and middle West and is now reach*
ing the East and South. The smaller
companies, says this same dispatch,
are cutting prices to rise ready
motley, which they need in their business
to finance operations at thla
time. This cut by smaller producers
is causing the larger and more powerful
companies t0 follow suit.
Another contributing cause of the
cut in price is said to be the overproduction
in certain fields, specally
in California. The stocks of gas
of all the larger companies, it is said
are now larger than they have ever
been at this tune of year in spite of
the great increase in the number of 1
automobile* and the resultant increase
in the consumption of gas. ]
With the coming of winter gas consumption
will naturally fall off and
the companies are cutting prices so
as to reduce their stocks for the win* "
Putting In Water Line
1-* *
Beyond Hiawauee
I
Work of putting in the water line
to the house# bey ind the Hiawassee
River and the L, & N. railroad was
begun Thursday by wa^er Superintendent
Grant Ledford and a crew
of nten.
The line will be connected at the
ice plant and go up between the
two tracks of the L. &. X. **Y" and
then out Hill Street both ways to the
right in front of Sheriff Ramsey's,
Tom Campbell's, etc., and to the left
in front of the new housed being constructed
ty Mr. H. B. Elliott.
The new line will serve about teii
or twelve houses now and it is expected
that additional houses will be
built in the near future in that section
of town. r'
This work was ordered done several
weeks ago but there has been \
some delay in securing the necessary
pipe fixtures. These are now here
and the work will be pushed to comINDIAN
OR I
WHITE? i
WHO were the first inhabi- |J
tants of the North Amer- it jfl
ican continent? Indians, as ||
our nistores have it, or some I
i other race more remote than the I
j redskin?
In parts of Western North j
, Carolina and down in Georgia I
is four.d evidence of a prehis- j
toric race of giants who roamed j
these parts very many moons i J
before the Indian.
Mooneyed warriors unable to
see in daylight; six-toed white- -1
i skinned Gullivers with feet said
! to be seventeen inches long.
Scientists and historians are j
searching this section of the j
Blue Ridge Mountains in an effort
to unearth information ?
j and evidence that might tend to
' establish the fact that a race of \
white giants inhabited this sec- ! ^
i tion before the Indians. /
^atch An Early Issue of v
I TKe Scout \
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